kaoliang

[ kou-lee-ang ]

/ ˌkaʊ liˈæŋ /

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noun

a variety of grain sorghum.

a liquor made from kaoliang stalks.

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Origin of kaoliang

<Chinese (Wade-Giles) kao1liang2, (pinyin) gāoliang (gāo high + liáng millet)

Words nearby kaoliang

kanuka, Kanuri, kanzu, Kaohsiung, Kaolack, kaoliang, kaolin, kaolinite, kaolinize, kaomoji, kaon

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How to use kaoliang in a sentence

From out of the kaoliang the boy now peered, his brown face hardly distinguishable from the soil.
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British Dictionary definitions for kaoliang

kaoliang

/ (ˌkeɪəʊlɪˈæŋ) /

noun

any of various E Asian varieties of the sorghum Sorghum vulgare

Word Origin for kaoliang

from Chinese kao tall + liang grain

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